Monday, November 14, 2011

A Cornucopia of Flavors...and favors.

Hi Blog Friends!

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had volunteered to bring favors to my sister's house for Thanksgiving this year. My original idea to make little jelly bean filled pumpkins didn't work out like I'd planned {plus I decided that making 24 of them wouldn't be that much fun...} so when I saw this idea on my friend, Mary Lou's blog I quickly changed directions!

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To create the cornucopia, I steamed sugar/waffle ice cream cones over boiling water to soften them, then curled them up at the end to create a cornucopia look.

Some things to note:
* I steamed three cones at a time because it was hard to keep up with them once they're steamed - they start to harden up right away.
* It took at least 90 seconds before the cones started to soften up enough to become pliable.
* The molding of the cones/cornucopias is grown-up's work - let the kiddos help you fill them once they've cooled.

These are gorgeous Deb - but too much work for me! I'll be having 18 here for Thanksgiving. And as soon as I figure out where I'm coming up with sufficient dishes, silverware, and chairs... I'll be trolling the Internet for some super simple TG favors!

Oooh. Please send me that file. I think they would be fantastic embellishments on a scrapbook page! Also, do you think they would look okay (I know - not as cute as yours, but still okay) to skip the steaming and reforming step?Rinda

Hey there! Just wanted to let you know we featuring you in our Favorite Find Fridays post today over at Whimsically Homemade. We're using one of your pictures and are linking back to you. If that's a problem let us know and we'll remove it immediately. Thanks for your great inspiration!